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gacchāma

gacchati

pr 1st pl of gacchati (verb); imp 1st pl of gacchati (verb)

1. goes; walks; moves; wanders around; travels
2. becomes; lit. goes

Built from

• gacch — root · go, walk
  From *gʰem-, seen also in Greek βαίνω and Latin venio. The root carries the concrete sense of physical movement through space.
• ā — ending · 1st person plural
  The primary active ending for the first person plural in present and imperative moods, marking the subject as 'we'.

Etymology. From Indo-European *gʰem- 'to go', cognate with Greek βαίνω (baínō) 'walks', Latin venio 'comes' (from *gwem-), and English come. The Pali present stem gacch- shows the nasal infix characteristic of the present tense formation.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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